Indian wars and westward expansion

What did the Interstate Commerce Act regulate?

• Public colleges

• Cooperative stores

• Railroad companies

• Mechanic arts

What did the Farmers Alliance focus on?

• Public colleges

• Cooperative stores

• Local politics

• Mechanic arts

What was the impact of the Gold Rush on Native American tribes?

• Successful peace talks

• Establishment of cooperative stores

• Massive displacement and violence

• Discovery of gold in the Black Hills

What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?

• To establish public colleges

• To force Native American tribes off the land

• To provide land in the west at a cheap price

• To regulate railroad companies

What was the aim of the Morrill Land Act?

• Establishment of public colleges

• Establishment of cooperative stores

• Establishment of farmland reservations

• Establishment of mechanic arts

Why did the United States Army hunt the bison to near extinction?

• To establish public colleges

• To force Native American tribes off the land

• To provide land in the west at a cheap price

• To regulate railroad companies

What happened during the Sand Creek Massacre?

• Successful peace talks

• Establishment of cooperative stores

• Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho

• Discovery of gold in the Black Hills

What was the outcome of the Battle of the Little Bighorn?

• Victory for the Lakota

• Establishment of cooperative stores

• Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho

• Discovery of gold in the Black Hills

What occurred during the Wounded Knee Massacre?

• Successful peace talks were held

• Establishment of cooperative stores took place

• Massacre of hundreds of Lakota people

• Discovery of gold in the Black Hills

What was the purpose of the Reservation System?

• To establish public colleges

• To force Native American tribes off the land

• To provide land in the west at a cheap price

• To regulate railroad companies